Netflix has unveiled its roster of Nordic titles, including Jo Nesbø’s Norwegian series “Harry Hole” (working title), a series adaptation of Amanda Romare’s novel “Diary of a Ditched Girl” starring Carla Sehn (“Love & Anarchy”), the female-led “The New Force,” and a film adaptation of Alex Ahndoril’s “The Key Series.”
“Harry Hole” is entirely penned by Nesbø, a bestselling crime novelist best known for “Occupied” and “The Snowman.” Based on Nesbø’s novel “The Devil’s Star,” the series is set in Oslo during the summer and follows police detective Harry Hole who’s just been abandoned by his girlfriend. On his last mission, Hole has to partner with a corrupt cop to investigate the murder of a woman. The series will be directed by Øystein Karlsen (“Exit”)
“Diary of a Ditched Girl,” penned by Tove Eriksen Hillblom (“Solsidan”) and Moa Herngren (“Bonus Family”), stars Sehn as 31-year-old Amanda who,...
“Harry Hole” is entirely penned by Nesbø, a bestselling crime novelist best known for “Occupied” and “The Snowman.” Based on Nesbø’s novel “The Devil’s Star,” the series is set in Oslo during the summer and follows police detective Harry Hole who’s just been abandoned by his girlfriend. On his last mission, Hole has to partner with a corrupt cop to investigate the murder of a woman. The series will be directed by Øystein Karlsen (“Exit”)
“Diary of a Ditched Girl,” penned by Tove Eriksen Hillblom (“Solsidan”) and Moa Herngren (“Bonus Family”), stars Sehn as 31-year-old Amanda who,...
- 3/18/2024
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Another day, another Netflix content slate in Europe.
Following content showcases in Germany and London last week, the streamer has unveiled its slate in the Nordics. Among the key TV announcements are a Norwegian series based on author Joe Nesbø’s police detective Harry Hole and Netflix’s first Nordic period drama.
A number of films were also unveiled at a Next on Netflix event today in Stockholm, Sweden, and you can read about them here.
On the TV front, Harry Hole (working title) comes from Exit and So Long, Marianne creator Oystein Karlsen, and is based on Nesbø’s novel The Devil’s Star, about the titular detective. Working Title is producing ahead of a 2026 debut and Nesbø is writing the script.
Synopsis reads: “A heat wave hits a holiday-quiet Oslo. In an apartment by the cemetery, small black lumps begin to drip through the floor. At the same time,...
Following content showcases in Germany and London last week, the streamer has unveiled its slate in the Nordics. Among the key TV announcements are a Norwegian series based on author Joe Nesbø’s police detective Harry Hole and Netflix’s first Nordic period drama.
A number of films were also unveiled at a Next on Netflix event today in Stockholm, Sweden, and you can read about them here.
On the TV front, Harry Hole (working title) comes from Exit and So Long, Marianne creator Oystein Karlsen, and is based on Nesbø’s novel The Devil’s Star, about the titular detective. Working Title is producing ahead of a 2026 debut and Nesbø is writing the script.
Synopsis reads: “A heat wave hits a holiday-quiet Oslo. In an apartment by the cemetery, small black lumps begin to drip through the floor. At the same time,...
- 3/18/2024
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: ICM has just signed The Northman actor Gustav Lindh.
He stars in the Robert Eggers’ directed New Regency/Focus Features movie as Thorir the Proud opposite Nicole Kidman, Alexander Skarsgard and Anya-Taylor Joy. The pic is expected to open this weekend to 10M-12M.
Lindh is a fast-rising star of Swedish film and television. In 2020, he starred in Josephine Bornebusch’s film, Orca, which was filmed and released during the pandemic. In 2019, Lindh starred in the May el-Toukhy’s Danish feature Queen of Hearts alongside Trine Dyrholm, for which he won Best Supporting Actor at the 2020 Bodil Awards. His first feature, The Circle, was directed by Levan Akin, where he starred opposite Josefin Asplund and Sverrir Gudnason. He also has starring roles in Björn Runge’s Burn My Letters and Gustav Möller’s crime series The Dark Heart.
Lindh is also set to star in the lead role of...
He stars in the Robert Eggers’ directed New Regency/Focus Features movie as Thorir the Proud opposite Nicole Kidman, Alexander Skarsgard and Anya-Taylor Joy. The pic is expected to open this weekend to 10M-12M.
Lindh is a fast-rising star of Swedish film and television. In 2020, he starred in Josephine Bornebusch’s film, Orca, which was filmed and released during the pandemic. In 2019, Lindh starred in the May el-Toukhy’s Danish feature Queen of Hearts alongside Trine Dyrholm, for which he won Best Supporting Actor at the 2020 Bodil Awards. His first feature, The Circle, was directed by Levan Akin, where he starred opposite Josefin Asplund and Sverrir Gudnason. He also has starring roles in Björn Runge’s Burn My Letters and Gustav Möller’s crime series The Dark Heart.
Lindh is also set to star in the lead role of...
- 4/22/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
A daring character-driven crime drama about motherhood, “Snow Angels” is one of the highlights of this year’s Berlinale Series selection. Set in wintertime Stockholm, the gripping story follows three women — a mother, a policewoman and a child nurse — whose fates become intertwined following the disappearance of a 5-week-old infant.
The series is headlined by Josefin Asplund (“Vikings”), Eva Melander (“Border”), Maria Rossing (“Splitting Up Together”) and Ardalan Esmaili (“The Charmer”). Produced by Sweden’s Yellow Bird and Denmark’s Happy Ending Film, the six-part show is being represented in international markets by REinvent which unveiled a sale to Germany’s Ard Degeto at the start of market.
Variety talked to the strong female duo behind the gripping drama, the creator and writer Mette Heeno (“Splitting Up Together”), and the director Anna Zackrisson.
What’s the genesis of “Snow Angels”?
Mette Heeno: I wanted to explore the theme of motherhood...
The series is headlined by Josefin Asplund (“Vikings”), Eva Melander (“Border”), Maria Rossing (“Splitting Up Together”) and Ardalan Esmaili (“The Charmer”). Produced by Sweden’s Yellow Bird and Denmark’s Happy Ending Film, the six-part show is being represented in international markets by REinvent which unveiled a sale to Germany’s Ard Degeto at the start of market.
Variety talked to the strong female duo behind the gripping drama, the creator and writer Mette Heeno (“Splitting Up Together”), and the director Anna Zackrisson.
What’s the genesis of “Snow Angels”?
Mette Heeno: I wanted to explore the theme of motherhood...
- 3/4/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
The character-driven, six-part crime drama is created and written by Mette Heeno.
REinvent has sold its Berlinale Series selection Snow Angels (Snöänglar) to Ard Degeto for Germany.
The character-driven, six-part crime drama is created and written by Mette Heeno (Splitting Up Together), directed by Anna Zackrisson and produced by Georgie Mathew for Sweden’s Yellow Bird and Denmark’s Happy Ending Film.
The story, set during a cold winter in Stockholm, is about three women — a mother, a policewoman and a child nurse — connected to the case of a missing infant. The cast is led by Josefin Asplund (Vikings), Eva Melander...
REinvent has sold its Berlinale Series selection Snow Angels (Snöänglar) to Ard Degeto for Germany.
The character-driven, six-part crime drama is created and written by Mette Heeno (Splitting Up Together), directed by Anna Zackrisson and produced by Georgie Mathew for Sweden’s Yellow Bird and Denmark’s Happy Ending Film.
The story, set during a cold winter in Stockholm, is about three women — a mother, a policewoman and a child nurse — connected to the case of a missing infant. The cast is led by Josefin Asplund (Vikings), Eva Melander...
- 3/2/2021
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Evolution also launching Everest horror ‘Frostbite’ and student thriller ‘Jump’.
Altitude has boarded UK rights on Howard J. Ford’s Lockdown Hauntings, a pandemic-themed horror produced by the UK’s Evolution Pictures that is now in post.
The distributor is planning a theatrical release for the film around March 2021 to mark the anniversary of the first lockdown.
Lockdown Hauntings follows a notorious serial killer who recently died in prison, but is back from the dead and on the prowl for isolated young women during the Covid-19 lockdown.
The cast includes horror stalwart Tony Todd, who has previously appeared in the Candyman and Final Destination franchises,...
Altitude has boarded UK rights on Howard J. Ford’s Lockdown Hauntings, a pandemic-themed horror produced by the UK’s Evolution Pictures that is now in post.
The distributor is planning a theatrical release for the film around March 2021 to mark the anniversary of the first lockdown.
Lockdown Hauntings follows a notorious serial killer who recently died in prison, but is back from the dead and on the prowl for isolated young women during the Covid-19 lockdown.
The cast includes horror stalwart Tony Todd, who has previously appeared in the Candyman and Final Destination franchises,...
- 12/10/2020
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Screening Monday as part of the competition pack at Canneseries, which runs Oct. 9-14, is “Top Dog.” The Stockholm-set crime thriller is produced by Sweden’s Filmlance, the team behind acclaimed series “Bron” (known in many territories as “The Bridge”), which sold to more than 180 countries.
In “Top Dog,” middle-aged crime-gang member Teddy from Södertälje, a working-class city with a large immigrant community, joins forces with young attorney Emily, who works for an up-market law firm in Stockholm, to investigate the disappearance of the eldest son of a business tycoon.
Teddy, Emily and many of the other lead characters have secrets, which complicate the solving of the mystery, with many twists and turns. Emily is in debt and about to be made homeless; Teddy has a former girlfriend who is a cop, and wants to break away from the life of crime after a lengthy spell in prison.
Josefin Asplund,...
In “Top Dog,” middle-aged crime-gang member Teddy from Södertälje, a working-class city with a large immigrant community, joins forces with young attorney Emily, who works for an up-market law firm in Stockholm, to investigate the disappearance of the eldest son of a business tycoon.
Teddy, Emily and many of the other lead characters have secrets, which complicate the solving of the mystery, with many twists and turns. Emily is in debt and about to be made homeless; Teddy has a former girlfriend who is a cop, and wants to break away from the life of crime after a lengthy spell in prison.
Josefin Asplund,...
- 10/10/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
AMC Networks’ Sundance Now just announced the DVD debut of the suspenseful and intense psychological thriller Sanctuary on September 22nd, 2020. Based on the novel The Devil’s Sanctuary by one of Sweden’s best-selling authors, Marie Hermanson, this 8-part series stars Josefin Asplund (Vikings, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) in a dual role as well as Emmy-nominee and two-time Golden Globe nominee Matthew Modine (Stranger […]...
- 9/4/2020
- by Josh Millican
- DreadCentral.com
In this week’s International TV Newswire: Covid-19 lockdowns halt Spanish post-production; HBO finds a home in Thailand; Globo shifts its broadcast priorities; Sundance Now gets a new Nordic thriller; Zed sells two newly-finished series; and Spain’s “Élite” tops global binge lists as audiences self-isolate.
Coronavirus Halts HBO Post-production of “Patria”
Film and TV shoots have been canceled across Europe and the globe in the wake of Covid-19’s rapid spread, and now with stricter quarantines being put into place in hard-hit countries post-production services are taking a similar hit. Today it was announced that the release of HBO Europe’s highly anticipated Spanish series “Patria” has been pushed back in an effort to reduce risk to the health of those still working on finishing the series.
“We really wanted to release and share #PatriaHBO with you, but due to circumstances that we cannot control and to guarantee the safety of the post-production teams,...
Coronavirus Halts HBO Post-production of “Patria”
Film and TV shoots have been canceled across Europe and the globe in the wake of Covid-19’s rapid spread, and now with stricter quarantines being put into place in hard-hit countries post-production services are taking a similar hit. Today it was announced that the release of HBO Europe’s highly anticipated Spanish series “Patria” has been pushed back in an effort to reduce risk to the health of those still working on finishing the series.
“We really wanted to release and share #PatriaHBO with you, but due to circumstances that we cannot control and to guarantee the safety of the post-production teams,...
- 3/20/2020
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
StarzPlay has snagged rights to Spanish-produced erotic thriller series “Instinto” and psychological thriller “Sanctuary.” The Starz streaming service has scored both series for the U.K. and for unspecified territories in Continental Europe.
Movistar Plus- and Bambu Producciones-produced “Instinto” follows Marco Mur, an attractive, successful businessman. A trauma from his past prevents him from getting emotionally involved with women, and he prefers intimate encounters in a nightclub. But when his past returns, Marco is forced to face the conflicts in his life.
The series stars Mario Casas (“The Mule”), Ingrid Garcia-Jonsson (“Beautiful Youth”), Oscar Casas (“The Orphanage”), Silvia Alonso (“Shrew’s Nest”) and Bruna Cusi (“Red Bracelets”).
It is distributed by Studiocanal, as is Starzplay’s other European drama acquisition, “Sanctuary.” Based on Marie Hermanson’s novel “The Devil’s Sanctuary,” it turns on Hel, who visits her estranged twin in a residential sanatorium in the Italian Alps. She finds...
Movistar Plus- and Bambu Producciones-produced “Instinto” follows Marco Mur, an attractive, successful businessman. A trauma from his past prevents him from getting emotionally involved with women, and he prefers intimate encounters in a nightclub. But when his past returns, Marco is forced to face the conflicts in his life.
The series stars Mario Casas (“The Mule”), Ingrid Garcia-Jonsson (“Beautiful Youth”), Oscar Casas (“The Orphanage”), Silvia Alonso (“Shrew’s Nest”) and Bruna Cusi (“Red Bracelets”).
It is distributed by Studiocanal, as is Starzplay’s other European drama acquisition, “Sanctuary.” Based on Marie Hermanson’s novel “The Devil’s Sanctuary,” it turns on Hel, who visits her estranged twin in a residential sanatorium in the Italian Alps. She finds...
- 11/19/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Spanish erotic thriller Instinto and Nordic Noir thriller Sanctuary are heading to streaming service Starzplay in the UK.
The digital platform will launch the pair of acquisitions from Studiocanal and will launch the scripted series on December 5. Separately, Starzplay will air Starz original drama The Rook in the UK.
Instinto follows Marco Mur, an attractive, successful businessman, whose trauma from his past prevents him from getting emotionally involved with women. Instead, he has intimate encounters in a club where no one knows anyone else. But when his past returns Marco is forced to face it and all the other conflicts in his life. The series stars Mario Casas (The Mule), Ingrid Garcia-Jonsson (Beautiful Youth), Oscar Casas (The Orphanage), Silvia Alonso (Shrew’s Nest) and Bruna Cusi (Red Bracelets).
Created and written by Teresa Fernández-Valdés, Ramón Campos, Gema R. Neira, it is produced by Teresa Fernández-Valdés and Ramon Campos and executive produced...
The digital platform will launch the pair of acquisitions from Studiocanal and will launch the scripted series on December 5. Separately, Starzplay will air Starz original drama The Rook in the UK.
Instinto follows Marco Mur, an attractive, successful businessman, whose trauma from his past prevents him from getting emotionally involved with women. Instead, he has intimate encounters in a club where no one knows anyone else. But when his past returns Marco is forced to face it and all the other conflicts in his life. The series stars Mario Casas (The Mule), Ingrid Garcia-Jonsson (Beautiful Youth), Oscar Casas (The Orphanage), Silvia Alonso (Shrew’s Nest) and Bruna Cusi (Red Bracelets).
Created and written by Teresa Fernández-Valdés, Ramón Campos, Gema R. Neira, it is produced by Teresa Fernández-Valdés and Ramon Campos and executive produced...
- 11/19/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
The TV series starring Josefin Asplund and Matthew Modine and produced by Sweden’s Yellow Bird was filmed with the support of the Trentino Film Commission in accordance with the T-Green Film Protocol. A gripping psychological thriller with a host of twists and turns and bolstered by an international cast, including the likes of Us star Matthew Modine (Stranger Things), young Swedish actress Josefin Asplund (of cult TV series Vikings and David Fincher’s The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo) and Italy’s Lorenzo Richelmy (La ragazza nella nebbia) is how we’d best describe TV series Sanctuary, shot by Oskar Thor Axelsson and Enrico Maria Artale in the Italian Trentino region last autumn. In its first season with eight episodes in the offing, Sanctuary is produced by Yellow Bird – the Swedish firm belonging to the Banijay Group, who are known for the Millenium Trilogy and successful TV series such as Wallander,...
Rolling off the Netflix original show “Young Wallander,” Yellow Bird U.K. is set to produce its second drama, “The Secret Woman,” a series adaptation of the Danish book of the same name written by Anna Ekberg.
Leading British screenwriter Adrian Hodges, whose credits include “My Week With Marilyn,” “The Musketeers,” “The Go-Between” and “Labyrinth,” has come on board to adapt the novel.
Launched a year ago, Yellow Bird U.K. is the Britain-based arm of the Banijay-owned thriving Scandinavian banner Yellow Bird Sweden which is behind such hits as “Wallander,” “Occupied,” “Millennium” and “Hidden.”
Berna Levin, the Cco of Yellow Bird UK, described “The Secret Woman” as a “luscious female-led murder mystery.” The novel centers on Louise Andersen, a forty-something woman who lives in a secluded village on the Danish island of Bornholm with Joachim, who is 10 years older than her. Their routinal life is disrupted by the arrival of Edmund,...
Leading British screenwriter Adrian Hodges, whose credits include “My Week With Marilyn,” “The Musketeers,” “The Go-Between” and “Labyrinth,” has come on board to adapt the novel.
Launched a year ago, Yellow Bird U.K. is the Britain-based arm of the Banijay-owned thriving Scandinavian banner Yellow Bird Sweden which is behind such hits as “Wallander,” “Occupied,” “Millennium” and “Hidden.”
Berna Levin, the Cco of Yellow Bird UK, described “The Secret Woman” as a “luscious female-led murder mystery.” The novel centers on Louise Andersen, a forty-something woman who lives in a secluded village on the Danish island of Bornholm with Joachim, who is 10 years older than her. Their routinal life is disrupted by the arrival of Edmund,...
- 4/8/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Italian actor Lorenzo Richelmy, who played the title role in the Netflix series Marco Polo, is returning to American television with a lead role opposite Mike Vogel in Triangle, ABC’s drama pilot from Jon Feldman and Jennifer Gwartz’s Random Hill and ABC Studios.
Written by Feldman and Sonny Postiglione and directed by McG, Triangle poses the question: What if the Bermuda Triangle was not a watery grave in the middle of the ocean but a land lost in time that has trapped travelers over the course of human history? When a family is shipwrecked in this strange land, they must band together with a group of like-minded inhabitants — from throughout history — to survive and somehow find a way home.
Lorenzo will play Ham, one of the residents of the Triangle, a former pirate and a rogue who is skeptical of newcomers.
Triangle has assembled a formidable core...
Written by Feldman and Sonny Postiglione and directed by McG, Triangle poses the question: What if the Bermuda Triangle was not a watery grave in the middle of the ocean but a land lost in time that has trapped travelers over the course of human history? When a family is shipwrecked in this strange land, they must band together with a group of like-minded inhabitants — from throughout history — to survive and somehow find a way home.
Lorenzo will play Ham, one of the residents of the Triangle, a former pirate and a rogue who is skeptical of newcomers.
Triangle has assembled a formidable core...
- 3/28/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Matthew Modine is currently shooting Nordic Noir-style psychological thriller Sanctuary from Italy's Fabula Pictures and Sweden's Yellow Bird.
Modine – recently seen in Sicario: Day of the Soldado – stars as a twisted doctor in charge of a sanatorium, and Swedish actress Josefin Asplund (Vikings) plays dual roles of twin sisters. It started shooting in Trentino, Italy, in July and is expected to wrap early next month.
Based on the novel The Devil’s Sanctuary by Marie Hermanson, the series will consist of eight 45-minute episodes. In an effort to connect with her last surviving family member, Helena ...
Modine – recently seen in Sicario: Day of the Soldado – stars as a twisted doctor in charge of a sanatorium, and Swedish actress Josefin Asplund (Vikings) plays dual roles of twin sisters. It started shooting in Trentino, Italy, in July and is expected to wrap early next month.
Based on the novel The Devil’s Sanctuary by Marie Hermanson, the series will consist of eight 45-minute episodes. In an effort to connect with her last surviving family member, Helena ...
- 10/23/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Wow. Visually, that was absolutely stunning.
We've seen countless battles over the course of five seasons, but none quite like the one we saw on Vikings Season 5 Episode 10.
Kudos for the fantastic direction!
Watching the battle from each character's different point of view and seeing it interspersed with flashbacks made it more compelling. Instead of just watching another bloody battle, it felt like we were inside the character's head. It brought the audience into the battle rather than just making us feel like an outside viewer.
This could easily have been one of the best of the series based on direction alone.
As with any war, there are always causalities, and this one was no different.
Halfdan's death was sadder than I expected. He's really grown on me as a character and was one of Bjorn's closest allies.
Bjorn: I heard you singing with your brother. This must be hard for you.
We've seen countless battles over the course of five seasons, but none quite like the one we saw on Vikings Season 5 Episode 10.
Kudos for the fantastic direction!
Watching the battle from each character's different point of view and seeing it interspersed with flashbacks made it more compelling. Instead of just watching another bloody battle, it felt like we were inside the character's head. It brought the audience into the battle rather than just making us feel like an outside viewer.
This could easily have been one of the best of the series based on direction alone.
As with any war, there are always causalities, and this one was no different.
Halfdan's death was sadder than I expected. He's really grown on me as a character and was one of Bjorn's closest allies.
Bjorn: I heard you singing with your brother. This must be hard for you.
- 1/25/2018
- by Stacy Glanzman
- TVfanatic
Ivar the Boneless definitely has some guts!
Et has an exclusive first look at Wednesday's episode of Vikings, where Ivar (Alex Høgh Andersen), who was forced to deliver the news of the death of his father, Ragnar (Travis Fimmel), receives some news in return: Lagertha (Katheryn Winnick) has killed his mother, Aslaug (Alyssa Sutherland).
Exclusive: 'Vikings' Creator Talks Shocking Midseason Death, 'Collaborative' Relationship With Series' Star
The discovery clearly doesn't sit well with the youngest of Ragnar's sons, who despite his handicap, decides to avenge his mother's death.
"Welcome, Ivar," Lagertha, the new queen, calmly states in the clip.
"I've come here for justice. Everyone knows that you killed my mother for no reason except ambition, therefore I demand justice," Ivar angrily replies, pushing away his brother Ubbe's (Jordan Patrick Smith) attempt to restrain him.
"Perhaps he understands some things that you don't," Lagertha says.
"I understand everything perfectly!" Ivar yells back...
Et has an exclusive first look at Wednesday's episode of Vikings, where Ivar (Alex Høgh Andersen), who was forced to deliver the news of the death of his father, Ragnar (Travis Fimmel), receives some news in return: Lagertha (Katheryn Winnick) has killed his mother, Aslaug (Alyssa Sutherland).
Exclusive: 'Vikings' Creator Talks Shocking Midseason Death, 'Collaborative' Relationship With Series' Star
The discovery clearly doesn't sit well with the youngest of Ragnar's sons, who despite his handicap, decides to avenge his mother's death.
"Welcome, Ivar," Lagertha, the new queen, calmly states in the clip.
"I've come here for justice. Everyone knows that you killed my mother for no reason except ambition, therefore I demand justice," Ivar angrily replies, pushing away his brother Ubbe's (Jordan Patrick Smith) attempt to restrain him.
"Perhaps he understands some things that you don't," Lagertha says.
"I understand everything perfectly!" Ivar yells back...
- 1/3/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Vikings is back for the second half of season four!
The History Channel drama returns in two weeks for the remaining 10 episodes of its current season. Et has the exclusive sneak peek at the winter premiere, which picks up six years later.
Related: Watch the 'Vikings' Season 4 Trailer
Embattled Viking leader Ragnar’s (Travis Fimmel) unexpectedly returns a hated man, and he openly challenges his grown sons to kill him if they wish to assume the throne.
In the heart-pounding first look, Lagertha (Katheryn Winnick) is preparing for battle, and this time, she’s training her protégé, Astrid (Josefin Asplund), who’s become a vital part of Lagertha’s life.
Related: 'Vikings' Season 4 Teasers Foreshadow Bloodshed and Death
“Lagertha, shield-maiden and warrior, teaches her young pupil and protege, Astrid, some of the arts of war. And then, perhaps, she will go on to teach her some other arts, too,” creator...
The History Channel drama returns in two weeks for the remaining 10 episodes of its current season. Et has the exclusive sneak peek at the winter premiere, which picks up six years later.
Related: Watch the 'Vikings' Season 4 Trailer
Embattled Viking leader Ragnar’s (Travis Fimmel) unexpectedly returns a hated man, and he openly challenges his grown sons to kill him if they wish to assume the throne.
In the heart-pounding first look, Lagertha (Katheryn Winnick) is preparing for battle, and this time, she’s training her protégé, Astrid (Josefin Asplund), who’s become a vital part of Lagertha’s life.
Related: 'Vikings' Season 4 Teasers Foreshadow Bloodshed and Death
“Lagertha, shield-maiden and warrior, teaches her young pupil and protege, Astrid, some of the arts of war. And then, perhaps, she will go on to teach her some other arts, too,” creator...
- 11/16/2016
- Entertainment Tonight
Levan Akin directs the latest tale of witchy women in Sara Bergmark Elfgren's Circle (Cirkeln), and right now we have your first look at the teaser trailer, which will definitely conjure up memories of The Craft for you. Check it out!
Gustav Lindh, Irma von Platen, Josefin Asplund, and Miranda Frydman star.
Synopsis
One night under a blood red moon, six teenage girls are drawn to an abandoned park by a mysterious force. Upon arrival they discover that they've been summoned to fulfill an ancient prophecy that could very well save the world. Together they must learn to work in tandem, despite their differences, in order to tame the magical powers that have come to life within them. The Circle depicts a parallel world in which dreams, annoying parents, bullying, revenge, and love collide with the dangerous forces of mysticism.
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Gustav Lindh, Irma von Platen, Josefin Asplund, and Miranda Frydman star.
Synopsis
One night under a blood red moon, six teenage girls are drawn to an abandoned park by a mysterious force. Upon arrival they discover that they've been summoned to fulfill an ancient prophecy that could very well save the world. Together they must learn to work in tandem, despite their differences, in order to tame the magical powers that have come to life within them. The Circle depicts a parallel world in which dreams, annoying parents, bullying, revenge, and love collide with the dangerous forces of mysticism.
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- 8/6/2014
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
★★★☆☆ Mikael Marcimain's Call Girl (2012) arrives on DVD this week following a fruitful festival run, the highlight of which was bagging the Fipresci award at last year's Toronto Film Festival. Inspired by the 1976 Geijer Affair, this is an earnest yet curiously benign period drama about underage solicitation at the utmost stratum of Swedish politics. Set at a time when sexual abuse scandals were front page news and the misogyny within influential institutions was finally being exposed, Call Girl pertinently echoes modern society's mounting fear about the corruption festering at the highest echelons of state influence.
The plot focuses on two teenage girls, Iris (Sofia Karemyr) and Sonja (Josefin Asplund), who both find themselves drawn into a world of sleaze and tabloid scandal. Spanning the five months which foreshadowed Sweden's most inflammatory general election, Marcimain's drama combines a series of lurid flashbacks to illicit parties and courtroom hearings with a taut police procedural,...
The plot focuses on two teenage girls, Iris (Sofia Karemyr) and Sonja (Josefin Asplund), who both find themselves drawn into a world of sleaze and tabloid scandal. Spanning the five months which foreshadowed Sweden's most inflammatory general election, Marcimain's drama combines a series of lurid flashbacks to illicit parties and courtroom hearings with a taut police procedural,...
- 10/29/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
The darker side to the 1970s sex industry has been explored extensively in film this year, with both The Look of Love and Lovelace taking a candid look into the seedy and precarious livelihood from such a time. However it’s no surprise whatsoever to see the Scandinavians handle the subject matter the most delicately and efficiently, in Mikael Marcimain’s compelling drama Call Girl.
Inspired by real events that shook Sweden in 1976, we delve into the life of the troubled 14-year-old Iris (Sofia Karemyr), who is sent to a juvenile home following bad behaviour. Escaping at nights to go out with her cousin Sonja (Josefin Asplund), the pair are soon enticed into a world of prostitution by the extravagant Dagmar Glans (Pernilla August), hand-picked to serve some of the most powerful men in Sweden – with political ministers amongst the upper class clientele. However as police detective John (Simon J. Berger) is on their tail,...
Inspired by real events that shook Sweden in 1976, we delve into the life of the troubled 14-year-old Iris (Sofia Karemyr), who is sent to a juvenile home following bad behaviour. Escaping at nights to go out with her cousin Sonja (Josefin Asplund), the pair are soon enticed into a world of prostitution by the extravagant Dagmar Glans (Pernilla August), hand-picked to serve some of the most powerful men in Sweden – with political ministers amongst the upper class clientele. However as police detective John (Simon J. Berger) is on their tail,...
- 8/14/2013
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
After a string of announcements, it looks like the Toronto International Film Festival have locked down their line-up and it’s looking like a fantastic slate. Much of the additions today come in the form of previous Cannes premieres, including Michael Haneke‘s Amour (review), Cristian Mungiu‘s Beyond the Hills (review), Abbas Kiarostami‘s Like Someone in Love (review), Bernardo Bertolucci‘s Me and You (review), Hong Sang-soo‘s In Another Country and the Venice premiere Olivier Assayas‘ Something in the Air. Most notably missing is Leos Carax‘s Holy Motors, but we do get a new Michael Winterbottom film titled Everyday. Out of the Discovery section, the biggest film seems to be The Brass Teapot, and indie drama starring Juno Temple and Michael Angarano and one can check out all the additions below.
Masters
Amour Michael Haneke, Austria/France/Germany North American Premiere Screen legends Jean-Louis Trintignant and...
Masters
Amour Michael Haneke, Austria/France/Germany North American Premiere Screen legends Jean-Louis Trintignant and...
- 8/21/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
In her grand entrance, Lisbeth Salander (Rooney Mara) pulls off her motorcycle helmet to reveal a wild, ravishing hairdo and sulks into her employer’s office to meet her client. She does not do this often. She is lonely, socially inept, and emotionally withdrawn. Her job as a freelance hacker keeps her contact with others to a minimum and feeds her secretive lifestyle. Lisbeth has a photographic memory, is extremely intelligent but also admits to being insane, which makes her the perfect heroine to deal with a serial killer. Inspired by Stieg Larsson’s best-selling novel, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and the Swedish film adaptation of the same name, director David Fincher put his own atmospheric, detailed, and intense mark on the first installment of the Millennium Trilogy in what is surely this year’s most chilling and depressing Christmas film.
Dragon Tattoo tells the story of Mikael...
Dragon Tattoo tells the story of Mikael...
- 12/21/2011
- by Ernie Estrella
- BuzzFocus.com
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